Image depicts the Missouri State Reformatory Hospital after a fire that killed a young black man named Joseph St. James. Arrow drawn on the photograph shows which room he was trapped in.
Missouri State Reformatory Hospital
1928-01
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FireJoseph St. JamesMissouri State Reformatory Hospital
Boonville (Mo.)
1920-1929
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